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Taipei Times18 Sept 2026
A person rides past German automotive company Volkswagen’s factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, yesterday.
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top 47%Wiwynn expects major increase in Texas production - Taipei Times
Taipei Times18 Sept 2026
Server manufacturer Wiwynn Corp (緯穎科技) yesterday said its US capacity would make up about 20 percent of the company’s total production capacity next year, after a new line in Texas enters volume...
Citi supports Taiwanese companies’ growth in central and eastern Europe amid supply-chain shifts - Taipei Times
Taipei Times18 Sept 2026
Amid ongoing shifts in global supply chains, Taiwanese companies are increasingly seeking to diversify their operations, move closer to customers and strengthen their presence in key overseas...
Winbond shares rise on news of Infineon deal - Taipei Times
Taipei Times18 Sept 2026
Shares of Winbond Electronics Corp (華邦電), the world’s leading NOR flash memory maker, edged up 0.59 percent yesterday, paring a 6 percent intraday rally triggered by its announcement of a US$1.12...
Central bank keeps key rates unchanged - Taipei Times
Taipei Times18 Sept 2026
The central bank yesterday kept its key interest rates unchanged for a 10th straight quarter while easing housing credit controls, signaling confidence that property lending has cooled enough to...
Could a flexible superannuation cost taxpayers less?
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa17 Sept 2026
The head of chartered accountants' organisation New Zealand says letting people choose to defer receiving superannuation could lead to savings of nearly $100 billion over 20 years.
North Korea Drives Onchain Malware Surge, CoinEx Shuts: Asia Express
Cointelegraph.com Newsby Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton17 Sept 2026
North Korea drives onchain malware surge, CoinEx shuts: Asia Express North Korea and Iran account for the majority of onchain malware, while Malaysia has been named among the most crypto curious...
Japan's core inflation holds near BOJ's target
Channel News Asiaby CNA17 Sept 2026
TOKYO, Sept 18 : Japan's core consumer inflation held steady near the central bank's 2 per cent target in August, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressures that solidify the case...
Japan August inflation slows ahead of expected rate hike
Channel News Asiaby CNA17 Sept 2026
TOKYO: Inflation in Japan slowed slightly last month, official data showed Friday (Sep 18), hours ahead of a central bank meeting where an interest rate hike is widely expected.
CRTC approves Corus Entertainment recapitalization plan - National | Globalnews.ca
globalnews.caby Globalnews Digital17 Sept 2026
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved the previously announced recapitalization transaction plan for Corus Entertainment (Corus).
US approves $414M uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff17 Sept 2026
The United States government has signed off on as much as $414m in financing for a uranium project in Niger, according to the project’s developer, two years after Washington agreed to withdraw...
Lechuan Zhu and Yanan Tang jailed for importing 2.5m black market cigarettes
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa17 Sept 2026
Lechuan Zhu and Yanan Tang jailed for importing 2.5m black market cigarettes The day after Australian citizen Lechuan Zhu touched down in New Zealand, he set about building his black-market...
Find a credible plan for British Steel, ministers told as ‘startling’ costs soar
World news | The Guardianby Alex Daniel17 Sept 2026
Labour has been urged to lay out a credible plan for the future of British Steel, as the government spending watchdog warned of the “startling” costs of keeping the struggling manufacturer in...
Badenoch has ‘instructed lawyers’ to challenge cuts to Tory-run London council
The Independentby Abbie Llewelyn17 Sept 2026
The Conservative Party has “instructed lawyers” to challenge government cuts to a Tory-run London council, which they say amounts to 40%.
Thames Water’s £10 billion creditor rescue deal should be ditched, say MPs
The Independentby Holly Williams17 Sept 2026
Thames Water’s rescue deal by lenders should be rejected and the Government should take it back into public control after the stricken supplier has been left in a damaging “doom loop”, according to...
Why we bought our first home with a 100% mortgage - despite the risks
BBC Newsby Daniel Thomas17 Sept 2026
- Published Until last year, Conroy, 32, and his partner Amber, 28, saw little prospect of owning their own home.
Jim Cramer says history offers a playbook for navigating a Fed rate-hiking cycle
US Top News and Analysisby Alexa LoMonaco17 Sept 2026
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday walked investors through how to navigate a potential interest rate hiking cycle.
10 Questions about Bell’s AI Data Centre Expansion Answered | Globalnews.ca
globalnews.caby Andrew Kitchen17 Sept 2026
It’s a development that may constitute the largest single private-sector investment in the province’s history. And it has the potential to reshape the identity of Saskatchewan’s capital city.
Elon Musk Reportedly Seeking Customer Data From Dead Startups to Train AI
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim17 Sept 2026
AI needs data to train, and data costs a good penny. Seems like all the user data on X and all the data SpaceX has ever produced hasn’t been enough for Elon Musk’s Grok, because he has a new...
Brazil’s Lula announces 15% increase in flagship welfare payments ahead of key election
The Independentby Eleonore Hughes17 Sept 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Thursday increasing benefits under his flagship welfare program by 15%, weeks before the first round of the presidential elections.